(previously known as Pyrausta violacea) ODONTIINAE, CRAMBIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Jesse & Peter Koch, Babinda, Queensland)
The adults are brown, with the forewings each having two vague purplish bands. The hindwings are yellow with dark areas beside and along the margins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
In its resting posture, the labial palps and the forelegs are held straight forward, and the antennae held straight back over the body.
This species has been found in
Further reading :
Thomas P. Lucas,
On twenty new species of Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 7 (1892), pp. 263-264.
caterpillar | butterflies | Lepidoptera | moths | caterpillar |
(written 6 October 2014, updated 6 March 2020)